Just back from 3 nights away. Had a good trip. Over 40 deer seen and three shot. Charlie has been desperate to shoot his first. To his credit he was adamant it had to be on doc land and not a farm...
Liked On: 28-09-2023, 06:39 PM
Double Down Kai had started to wind about 20 minutes from our campsite. We went on a bit of a tiki tour off-piste, which resulted in finding a fresh pile of deer poo steaming away. No doubt...
Liked On: 26-09-2023, 08:01 PM
Came across this wee fella this afternoon. Thank god for quad bike winches. Managed to get the bike to it and used the winch to hoist it for dressing out. 234087 234088
Liked On: 25-09-2023, 03:22 AM
So, despite Belmont 55gr ammo being good enough for about 124 deer in the last 17 months I thought I’d have a play with 73 gr ELDM’s. Loaded a few from 22-23 gr of Varget at std OAL. After spending...
Liked On: 22-09-2023, 07:19 PM
Interesting. I have just done it the other way around. My number one load is the 73gn ELD-M with 2206H but I was given some 55gn Belmont Black to use this week (sorry Tahr, I thought they were 62gn)...
Liked On: 22-09-2023, 07:15 PM
I've been the new guy and chipped about the noise my stiff shanked alpine boots make on logs and roots. And also about my heel scuffing the inside of my leg as I step over things - that nagging...
Liked On: 22-09-2023, 12:09 AM
Sidling around a spur about a click below the hut where we were staying. I wanted to drop down into the creek where a stag was roaring and my mate wanted to go back to the hut. I said just keep going...
Liked On: 21-09-2023, 11:51 PM
Or the ones that insist on climbing an easy hill using both their feet and their hands, all the while claiming "this is so bloody dangerous, this is so steep, I'm scared, are we there yet". And then...
Liked On: 21-09-2023, 11:50 PM
Deer still have to eat. If nothings feeding out in open or I’m going crazy with the wind in my ears I use the shit conditions to check out access onto ridges, clearings and spurs I havn’t been...
Liked On: 21-09-2023, 08:11 PM
Rain and moisture is also good camouflage for sound and scent...
Liked On: 21-09-2023, 08:11 PM
that's why if I'm with someone else I let them take point first thing in the morning... they can clean up the spider webs :)
Liked On: 20-09-2023, 08:24 PM
.So today while waiting for Gib stopping to dry for sanding I went to my shed and loaded up a ladder for my single shot .308 with ADI 2208 and Nosler Ballistic tips 150gr Stared at the ADI book min...
Liked On: 19-09-2023, 11:57 PM
Short hunt/cook video from a tahr hunt a few months ago. https://youtu.be/ZTmH0wnRCY0?si=-cM9_Wpjvdko7fVB
Liked On: 18-09-2023, 07:50 AM
The softest meat will be lil steakettes and muscle groups suitable for roasts will be put aside for that Anything untidy and scraps gets minced to be made into Pattie’s, shepherds pie, and mince...
Liked On: 17-09-2023, 08:27 PM
Oh dear, now you will find yourself in a conundrum as to whether Sika or Fallow is your favoured back steak. What a fantastic confusion to have.
Liked On: 17-09-2023, 08:27 PM